What Was Your First HANDGun?

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Posted: 12/12/2010 12:50:02 PM EDT

Punkface's thread about what was your first gun made me think of this one: what was your first Handgun?
For me, it was a NIB Smith & Wesson Model 14. I had to get my Dad to purchase it from the gunstore as I was only 18 at the time. We transferred it to me at the Sheriff's Department.
That was in 1971 and it cost me the princely sum of $102 and change. I traded it a year later for a 4" Model 19. Wish I still had them both.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:51:49 PM EDT

[#1]

LC Smith top break .38 S&W 5 shot.

The first one from a store? PD trade-in S&W 659.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:52:58 PM EDT

[#2]

Lorcin .380 auto. Never fed two in a row. Like $75.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:53:33 PM EDT

[#3]

G27 when I turned 21.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:53:47 PM EDT

[#4]

A Glock 17 in 1992. Wished I'd hung onto it, but I sold it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:54:06 PM EDT

[#5]

Glock model 22.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:54:21 PM EDT

[#6]

Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Rem Mag.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:54:51 PM EDT

[#7]

First one I bought, Smith 637

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:56:54 PM EDT

[#8]

Ruger Blackhawk, blued, 6.5", .357 mag. I wish I still had it.

I shot the hell out of that gun.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:57:47 PM EDT

[#9]

My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
replica

I have no pics of it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:57:51 PM EDT

[#10]

Glock 27.

Got it the day I turned 21.

Left work, went to bank, went to funshop, purchased for $450 NIB a little over 6 years ago.

ETA:

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:57:57 PM EDT

[#11]

Glock 17 2nd gen still have it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:58:07 PM EDT

[#12]

22 years ago I bought this Husqvarna pistol. It is a 1907 Swedish Browning in 9mm Long caliber. I paid $60 for it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:58:19 PM EDT

[#13]

Russian Makarov, double-stack mag. Good gun.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:58:27 PM EDT

[#14]

A S&W M10HB I bought when I was 15. Wish I still had it, being young and dumb I traded it off for a Ruger MkII.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:58:48 PM EDT

[#15]

A Remington Rand M1911A1.......and it cost me $85.00!

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:58:57 PM EDT

[#16]

i was 15 or 16, my dad gave me a s&w mod 19 4'', than he turned around and sold it when i was in the army, just picked up another one last month.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:59:00 PM EDT

[#17]

Stainless Taurus 92AF.

I traded it for a Beretta 92 and regretted the trade.

Posted: 12/12/2010 12:59:34 PM EDT

[#18]

Colt 1991A1

Paid for it with my first paycheck I ever got.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:00:13 PM EDT

[#19]

Glock 22.

Also my 3rd handgun. Sold the first one. Considering trading back for it, but my newer Glock 22 has night sights and my original doesn't.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:00:28 PM EDT

[#20]

Sig P226 9mm.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:00:36 PM EDT

[#21]

Mixmaster 1911.

Damn thing shot better than I could.

I wish I still had it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:01:16 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt

Shoots as fast as lightning,
but it loads a might slow,

Loads a might slow,
and soon I found out,
it'll get you into trouble
and it can't get you out.

Mine was a High Standard Sentinel Deluxe 9 shot .22 revolver, for my 12th Bday, a LONG time ago

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:01:24 PM EDT

[#23]

High Standard Sentinel .22 I bought used back in the early 70s....Sitll have it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:01:34 PM EDT

[#24]

Glock 23 at age 21.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:01:36 PM EDT

[#25]

Ruger Blackhawk in 357 Magnum. One of only 3 guns I have sold in my lifetime. Sold them because we were getting enough money for the down payment on our house.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:01:45 PM EDT

[#26]

Walther P99 AS when I turned 21.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:01:56 PM EDT

[#27]

Beretta Model 70S .380 ACP - new in box.

I got one of the last ones they ever produced before they discontinued it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:02:36 PM EDT

[#28]

Hand made 1911a1.

Essex frame, USGI parts.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:03:12 PM EDT

[#29]

Ruger Security Six, maybe that's why I like the .357 mag so much?

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:03:16 PM EDT

[#30]

Springfield Loaded 1911. Bought it last month as a bday present to myself.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:03:20 PM EDT

[#31]

Smith & Wesson 5904

My parents bought it for me when I turned 16.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:03:59 PM EDT

[#32]

Ruger Mark I Standard that my parents gave me when I was 14. I'm not sure .22LR counts as a "gun" though.

My first real handgun that I would feel comfortable with as a WEAPON and the first one I ever bought with my own money, was my Beretta M9 (yes, M9, not 92FS) that I purchased when I was 23. Can't remember what I paid exactly but it was around $550 or so NIB with two 15-rd mags. Still have it, and still extremely happy with it. It was the start of my "holy crap, guns are awesome, and I need more of them!" phase which is ongoing and I suspect shall end only when I depart this Earth.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:04:07 PM EDT

[#33]

s&w 22 wheel model # {63-3 ?}
it felt better when i changed grips

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:04:48 PM EDT

[#34]

S&W 686

I'm such a moran for selling it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:04:56 PM EDT

[#35]

s&w 686

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:05:40 PM EDT

[#36]

First one that I bought and wasn't a gift was my Nighthawk 1911. Still have it, will never part with it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:05:50 PM EDT

[#37]

Ruger Security Six

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:06:21 PM EDT

[#38]

Bought an HK USPc .40 the day I turned 21. Still have it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:07:30 PM EDT

[#39]

BHP Mk III (I think, date of manufacture is '89), parked finish, nylon grips, etc.

Still have it, and in fact I'm packin' it right now

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:07:37 PM EDT

[#40]

Glock 19, i got as a graduation gift from my dad

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:07:38 PM EDT

[#41]

HK USP40 Damn thing woukd nosedive the last round in the mag about 30% of the time.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:08:26 PM EDT

[#42]

a Ruger single six

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:08:28 PM EDT

[#43]

Glock 17

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:09:24 PM EDT

[#44]

Jennings P-22 jammomatic NIB for $55 with my 1st real paycheck. Basically my Dad bought it with my money and I got to shoot it or try to. It was far better at jamming than it was at shooting as no matter who shot it the bullet would not hit what it was aimed at. I think he sold it to a coworker and I never missed it.

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:10:01 PM EDT

[#45]

cz-52

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:10:01 PM EDT

[#46]

Glock 19

Posted: 12/12/2010 1:10:22 PM EDT

[#47]

sig 220
and still my favorite.
i did a LOT of research before buying the 220, and am still very pleased with it.
now i just want a 220 tactical and a 220 carry